Platform for railway-track scales



Patented Jan'. 26, 1886.

(No Model.) KK T. M. TAYLOR.

PLATFORM FOR RAILWAY TRACK SCALES. No. 334,995

WITNESSES y .UNITED STATS PATENT .OFFIOE.

THOMAS M, TAYLOR, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.-

1*" PLATFORM F OR. -RA|LWAYTRCK SCALES. j 4' SPBoIFrcA'rIoN forming par; of Letters Patent 10.334.995;dateauanuary ze, 188e.

. Application iiled July Q3, 1885.

To" afZZ whom it 11mg/ concern: v Y.

Be it known that lI', THOMAS M. TAYLOR, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton andV State of Geo'rgia, haveinvented certain new. and'useful Improvements in'Ra-ilway-Track Scales, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My 'invention relates toimprovements in scales, applicable to 4various styles of scales, but moreespecially adapted to railroad-track scales; and" it isdesigned Vto produce a means whereby the scale may be used in conjunction with the main track without interfering in the leasttherewith, and alsosave most Jof the sid g ing-usually employed.

The improvements consist,`essentially, in a A xed.decking`on which is placed the main wacky-.unbroken except 'at the sv-'itches',"andhas the tracks connected to the mechanism of the scale supported independent-ly of the said platform.

The improvement will be more specifically brought out in the following description and 2L 25 claims, as it comprises, in addition to the above general statement, points of construction not therein set forth.

In the drawings annexed,.Fig'ure`1 repre sents a plan view vof asection of track with the 3o improvements applied; .Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3, a cross-section of the scale-pit, and Fig. 4 a detail showing .the con nection between the fixed and movable rails. v

T heframeA consists of suitable end 'and side coplng of s'uiicient size and strengthA for the purpose. l/Vithin this frame, supported upon and secured to timbers B or other suitablede- .v1ces, arethe bridgesills C, of suitable strength to support any weight that might be brought to bear on them. These sills are fixed, not having any motion, and serve vasasupport for the'decking D,which has no connection what ever with the scales proper. On this decking rests the rails E of tT-ie main track, either directly on the platform or raised therefrom by blocks E. The rails G are supported on movable cross-sills H, which have connection by -any approved'means to any suitable scale mechanism, by means of blocks or shoes I in close proximity tothe main rails. There are two means shown for arranging the platform relative to the said movable rails.- One means `serai No. 172,411. (No model.)

is to form the decking or platformv unbroken, except by slots K, through which the lblocks I project, in whichcase the bottom of the rail .is somewhat elevated above the`platform to 4allow itsufficient verticalplay, and the main rails raised by the blocks F toelevate them correspondingly. The other means is to have the main rails rest directly on the decking,

means a continuous track is always insured.

above described are the doing away with the long line of siding and bringing the scales in the line of the main track, the use of the decking-by which means all accumulations'of ice,

with the working parts of the scaleand effecting its balance,'rendering constant adjustment unnecessary-and the manner of constructing the connecting-rail, by means of which the said connecting rail has vertical movement only.

The main feature of the inventionl consists in the immovable .and comparatively solid or unbroken decking. A

The main track, by means ofthe device used, is irml y supported, and trains rapidly passing scale mechanism; nor is the track weakened and the train endangered, as would be the fact 'were the scale in the main track itself, as is evident. employed permit of the advantages above enumerated. I.

The spaces through which the shoes I proand longitudinalinovement common to scales.

Iclaim 4'1. A ixedplatform, a mainline oftrack supported thereby,l and a movable line of track supported relative to the said main line, all combined to act substantiallyas specified snow, or dirt are prevented from interfering' ject are of sufficient size to allow the lateral The special advantages of the constructions over the same do not in the' least affect the f While lthe above is true, the means y I OO.

2. A iixed platforml or decking, a series of 70 voted tothe rails-0 and the track-rails.l By this bridge-sills supporting the 'samefand a series of movable cross-sills arranged beneath the decking and supportingV a track above the same, al1 combined substantially ae and for the purpose specified. y

3. The combination of a suitable box or receptacle, a fixed decking or Iplatform on/che saine, a main line of track supported on said platform` a series of movable cross-sills, and a supplemental line of track supported by said sills and having a lateral and longitn'd'inal motion relative to th'e said platform, Said A main and supplemental tracks being.; connected by vice connecting the approach with the movable track, consisting of a short rail'connected vto the track by pivotedv fish-plates, and preconsisting of shortpieces guided and'connectted to the track by pivotedishp1atessubstan tially as and for the purpose specified. switches, substantially as and for the purpose specified. y

4. Combined with the movable track, a deventedA from moving laterally by a guido,v s-ubzo` ctantially as and for thev purpose specified.

5. The combination of -a` box'or receptacle, a'fixed platform or decking thereon, a series of laterally-moving cross-sills under s ad deck, a mainlineof track vsupported on said vplatform,V a'supp'lemental line supported by the cross-sills,s,witchesvconnecting the Vmain line with the supplemental track, and connecting devices from the leaders to the movable track,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature viny presence of two witnesses. l f

` r THOMAS M. TAYLOR. Witnesses W. C..S rIERLIN, EDWIN L. YEWELL., 

